Patricia Cornwell

Jack the Ripper unmasked? Writer Patricia Cornwell claims bragging letters identify monster who killed up to 20 women

02/20/2017

Britain’s most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper , was artist Walter Sickert, according to crime writer Patricia Cornwell.  Cornwell, 60, has claimed she has new evidence to prove the identity of the killer after her original accusations against Sickert in her 2002 book, Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed, drew fire.  More